Chapter 17 of The Cruise of the O Moo is here in full — 292 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of The Cruise of the O Moo is here in full — 292 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HOT WATER AND A GHOST It was night. The crowd that had screamed its welcome to the returning O Moo and her crew was gone. A great truck loaded high with Christmas trees had departed with Marie Neighbor bouncing about on top of it. The three girls were in the cabin of the O Moo. This, they were sure, was to be their last night on board.
Chapter 17 of The Cruise of the O Moo is here in full — 292 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)
From this reading “A great truck loaded high with Christmas trees had departed with Marie Neighbor bouncing about on top of it.”
well in the past; former
From this reading “A great truck loaded high with Christmas trees had departed with Marie Neighbor bouncing about on top of it.”
a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading “HOT WATER AND A GHOST It was night.”
filled with a great quantity
From this reading “A great truck loaded high with Christmas trees had departed with Marie Neighbor bouncing about on top of it.”
make a low noise, characteristic of bovines
From this reading “The crowd that had screamed its welcome to the returning O Moo and her crew was gone.”
a person who lives (or is located) near another
From this reading “A great truck loaded high with Christmas trees had departed with Marie Neighbor bouncing about on top of it.”
past form of “scream” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “The crowd that had screamed its welcome to the returning O Moo and her crew was gone.”
an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling
From this reading “A great truck loaded high with Christmas trees had departed with Marie Neighbor bouncing about on top of it.”
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a dangerous or distressing predicament
In this reading “HOT WATER AND A GHOST It was night.”
on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle
In this reading “This, they were sure, was to be their last night on board.”
In this reading “This, they were sure, was to be their last night on board.”
In this reading “A great truck loaded high with Christmas trees had departed with Marie Neighbor bouncing about on top of it.”
In this reading “The three girls were in the cabin of the O Moo.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading HOT WATER AND A GHOST It was night.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading A great truck loaded high with Christmas trees had departed with Marie Neighbor bouncing about on top of it.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading HOT WATER AND A GHOST It was night.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading This, they were sure, was to be their last night on board.
a committee having supervisory powers
From this reading This, they were sure, was to be their last night on board.
rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)
From this reading A great truck loaded high with Christmas trees had departed with Marie Neighbor bouncing about on top of it.
small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
From this reading The three girls were in the cabin of the O Moo.
period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
From this reading A great truck loaded high with Christmas trees had departed with Marie Neighbor bouncing about on top of it.
the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)
From this reading The crowd that had screamed its welcome to the returning O Moo and her crew was gone.
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
From this reading The crowd that had screamed its welcome to the returning O Moo and her crew was gone.
well in the past; former
From this reading A great truck loaded high with Christmas trees had departed with Marie Neighbor bouncing about on top of it.
a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading HOT WATER AND A GHOST It was night.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading The three girls were in the cabin of the O Moo.
destroyed or killed
From this reading The crowd that had screamed its welcome to the returning O Moo and her crew was gone.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading A great truck loaded high with Christmas trees had departed with Marie Neighbor bouncing about on top of it.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The crowd that had screamed its welcome to the returning O Moo and her crew was gone.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The crowd that had screamed its welcome to the returning O Moo and her crew was gone.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading A great truck loaded high with Christmas trees had departed with Marie Neighbor bouncing about on top of it.
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
From this reading HOT WATER AND A GHOST It was night.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The three girls were in the cabin of the O Moo.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading HOT WATER AND A GHOST It was night.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The crowd that had screamed its welcome to the returning O Moo and her crew was gone.
immediately past
From this reading This, they were sure, was to be their last night on board.
filled with a great quantity
From this reading A great truck loaded high with Christmas trees had departed with Marie Neighbor bouncing about on top of it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A great truck loaded high with Christmas trees had departed with Marie Neighbor bouncing about on top of it.
make a low noise, characteristic of bovines
From this reading The crowd that had screamed its welcome to the returning O Moo and her crew was gone.
a person who lives (or is located) near another
From this reading A great truck loaded high with Christmas trees had departed with Marie Neighbor bouncing about on top of it.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading HOT WATER AND A GHOST It was night.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading The crowd that had screamed its welcome to the returning O Moo and her crew was gone.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A great truck loaded high with Christmas trees had departed with Marie Neighbor bouncing about on top of it.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A great truck loaded high with Christmas trees had departed with Marie Neighbor bouncing about on top of it.
tending to return to an earlier state
From this reading The crowd that had screamed its welcome to the returning O Moo and her crew was gone.
past form of “scream” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading The crowd that had screamed its welcome to the returning O Moo and her crew was gone.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading This, they were sure, was to be their last night on board.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The crowd that had screamed its welcome to the returning O Moo and her crew was gone.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The crowd that had screamed its welcome to the returning O Moo and her crew was gone.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading This, they were sure, was to be their last night on board.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading This, they were sure, was to be their last night on board.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This, they were sure, was to be their last night on board.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading The three girls were in the cabin of the O Moo.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The crowd that had screamed its welcome to the returning O Moo and her crew was gone.
the upper part of anything
From this reading A great truck loaded high with Christmas trees had departed with Marie Neighbor bouncing about on top of it.
plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading A great truck loaded high with Christmas trees had departed with Marie Neighbor bouncing about on top of it.
an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling
From this reading A great truck loaded high with Christmas trees had departed with Marie Neighbor bouncing about on top of it.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading HOT WATER AND A GHOST It was night.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading HOT WATER AND A GHOST It was night.
accept gladly
From this reading The crowd that had screamed its welcome to the returning O Moo and her crew was gone.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The three girls were in the cabin of the O Moo.
in the company of; together with
From this reading A great truck loaded high with Christmas trees had departed with Marie Neighbor bouncing about on top of it.
Chapter 17 of The Cruise of the O Moo by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell holds 292 sentences, grouped into 59 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 17 holds 292 sentences of The Cruise of the O Moo, unabridged, divided into 59 reading sections.
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